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Pictures from the road
Some pictures from the Alexander String Quartet trip to the University of Virginia for the “Tuesday Evening Concert Series”: Continue Reading
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An “Homage” to “The Hunt”
Sunday at the Fullerton Friends of Music concert, the ASQ will be performing Mozart’s Quartet in B-flat — “The Hunt.” A work certainly not unfamiliar to the ensemble, as it appeared on the 2010 recording Homage: The Six Quartets Dedicated to Joseph Haydn! “The Hunt” Quartet is one of the Six “Haydn” Quartets written by… Continue Reading
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Introducing Gary Gray
Sunday at the Sunny Hills Performing Arts Center, ASQ will perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor with clarinetist Gary Gray in the Fullerton Friends of Music Concert. Gary Gray studied clarinet with Robert McGinnis and Henry Gulick, and chamber music with Janos Starker at Indiana University, where he he obtained his Master’s degree… Continue Reading
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Meet Cindy Cox
Friday, ASQ will be at a “Meet the Composer” event at Santa Rosa Junior College to preview the world premiere (4/13/12) of composer Cindy Cox’s new string quartet Patagón, so today we’re excited to introduce you to this wonderful composer Radical, traditional, original, archetypal, Cindy Cox (b.1961) derives her “post-tonal” musical language from acoustics, innovations in technology,… Continue Reading
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A Decade of Romance With Schubert’s G Major Quartet
This past Saturday morning the ASQ performed Schubert’s Quartet in G Major, D. 887, Op. posth. 161 (1826) in the Herbst Theater as the penultimate work in our traversal of that amazing composer’s work for the string quartet. This particular quartet has enormous meaning to us as a group and to me personally. When we… Continue Reading
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Schubert Series Continues this Saturday!
Saturday the Franz Schubert San Francisco Series Continues! Read previous blogs on the series from Paul and Sandy Saturday, February 18 — 10:00am Franz Schubert San Francisco Performances Inc. Herbst Theatre San Francisco, California http://sfperformances.org Program: ASQ with lecturer, Robert Greenberg Schubert Quartet in G Major, D. 887, Op. posth. 161 (1826) Continue Reading
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ASQ New Releases!
With Strings Attached The Alexander String Quartet San Francisco Choral Artists Magen Solomon: San Francisco Choral Artists director Lawrence Ferlinghetti: poet, speaker Foghorn Classics: FCL-2006 Joyous, celebratory performances of exciting new works for chamber chorus and string quartet captured in superb recordings by Judith Sherman (Grammy-Winning 2011 Producer of the Year). This disc includes premieres… Continue Reading
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30th Anniversary Celebrations Continue
A relatively smooth week at SFSU recovering from the big festive concert weekend. Sunday took us back to Sonoma for a lovely Haydn/Beethoven/Schubert program. It was like “old home week” in the midst of so much wonderful new music. Jake Heggie’s stunningly beautiful “Into the Fire” for the ASQ’s 30th anniversary with the wondrous Joyce… Continue Reading
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About The Sonoma Classical Music Society
We told you about our Sonoma Classical Music Society concert on Wednesday, so we thought we should tell you a little more about this wonderful presenting organization. Founded in 2004 by George Ellman and Al Fisk, the mission of the Sonoma Classical Music Society is to sponsor a series of classical music concerts of the… Continue Reading
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Sonoma Classical Music Society Concert
Sunday, February 12th, the Alexander String Quartet goes to wine country! The Alexander String Quartet returns to Sonoma on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Vintage House, 264 First Street East, Sonoma at 3:00 pm. Sponsored by the Sonoma Classical Music Society, the Quartet will perform three classic works of the quartet repertoire, by Haydn, Beethoven,… Continue Reading
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The Reviews Are In!
Fred shared his thoughts on Saturday’s performance, and here are some thoughts from those in attendance: “The first half of the concert was equally affecting. It began with Heggie accompanying DiDonato in a superb account of Reynaldo Hahn’s song cycle “Venezia,” a witty and insinuating collection of bonbons, and continued with a strong-boned but tender… Continue Reading
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Herbst ASQ 30th Anniversary Concert
Walking out on stage this Saturday night and being greeted with such warmth and sincere gratitude from a most distinguished audience was practically overwhelming. For myself and my wonderful colleagues in the Alexander String Quartet it was an exceptional moment to savor, though we still had to play the Debussy Quartet and needed to focus… Continue Reading
